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Old Dec 18, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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Can someone explain to me what all the hardware is for I understand the t bar that escrows the back of the seat but they're were some black washer type items and a washer/nut combo
 
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Old Dec 18, 2013 | 05:21 PM
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I've don't have a Danny Gray seat (I've had the HD Brawler which sounds similar), but from what you are describing, the t-bar is mounted to the fender where the studs are coming out of the fender. This is covered by the seat once installed. After you mount the t-bar using the flange nuts, put the seat on and the tab on the seat should line up with the hole/stud on the exposed portion of the t-bar. That's where you put the seat retaining nut/screw to hold the seat down to the t-bar (which is mounted to the fender). Make sense?
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Yea I understand that and that is done but there is still a flange nut and 2 spacers
 
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I put the plastic piece on the T-bar and under the seat tab and the chrome washer on top, have run several that way. Someone will probably come along and tell you I did it wrong pretty quickly.
 
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Any issues getting the seat to fit into the tab where the front slides into doesn't seem to want to line up easily
 
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Yeah my last Weekday solo was hard to fit the frame tab, the seat pan will flex enough to fit and then take a set after installed.
 
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[QUOTE=Mohawkpan;12104328]I put the plastic piece on the T-bar and under the seat tab and the chrome washer on top, and the acorn nut on top of the washer.
 
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I kinda figured that's what it was for and the seat needed some flex but didn't wanna screw anything up
 
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I took a file to the hole that recieves the tang from the frame.

Smoothed it out a bit, and then it slid right in, but still had a snug fit.
 
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